Card-feeding attachment for printing-presses



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' S. A. SPENCER. CARD-FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING PRESSBS.

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 1'7, 1885.

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CARD FEEDING ATTAOHMENT FOR PRINTING. PRESSES. No. 314.203.;

PatentedMar. 17, 1885.

" N. PETERS. Phnm-Lilhngnphnr. Washington. 0. C.

- STATES Nrra CARD-FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,203, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed April 19, 1884. (No model.) A

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN A. SPENCER, ofthe city ofSt. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gard-Feeding Attachments for Printing-Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andvin which- Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 3 is a front view of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a rear or back view of same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged top view of the box, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged side view, part in section, of same.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a printing-press of any common construction, with a platen, A, as usual.

B represents the frame of my attachment, connected to the bed-plate of the press by bolts 0, or by other suitable means. Either the bedplate or else the frame is preferably slotted to receive the bolts to admit of the frame being adjusted to or from the platen of the press, (see Fig. 1,) and the frame is preferably made in two parts, as shown, connected by bolts D, fitting in slots D, to permit the card-box to be raised or lowered to suit presses of different heights.

H represents the box for holding the cards, consisting of bottom pieces, H, side pieces, H and end pieces, H The side pieces are each made in two parts, connectedby strips H,

riveted or otherwise secured to one of theparts and made fast to the other part by setscrews H fitting in slots H in the strips, and the end pieces are likewise made in two parts,

each connected in the same way by strips H and set-screws H the strips having slots H to receive the setscrewsi Each part of the side pieces is"preferably made in one piece with the adjoining part of the end pieces, as shown in Fig. 5, and two of theseparts-as,

for instance, those marked H Fig. 5 are secured to the bottom pieces, H, and the box is thus held together, while itmay be adjusted either as to length or width to suit cards of forced out by the plate.

different sizes. In adjusting the box a block of the length and-width or the cards to be printed maybe employed, which would be removed after the set-screws are tightened up. The box is supported on a bar or crosspiece,

I, to which it is secured, preferably by seta curved slot, L, in the frame B, (see Figs. 1 y

and 2,) and thus the inclination ofthe box can be changed as may be desired and held to any adjustment.

The bottom pieces, H, of the box extend back beyond the box proper, and behind the box they are thicker than beneath it, and are slottedor grooved to receive a sliding plate, M, which is connected by a link, N, to an arm,

N, on a shaft, N, journaled in projections B of the frame 13.

The shaft has a crank, N, on one end, connected by means of pitman O to one member of a bell-crank lever, O, journaled on a stud, O, on the frame of the printing-press. The other member of the bell-crank lever consists of a yoke or fork or equivalent device, (as a ring,) which receives a cam, I, on a drivingshaft, 1?, of the press.

Thus when the machine is put in motion the plate M is pulled down through means of its described connection with the shaft P, through and over the bottom of the box, forcing out a card, Q, (see Fig. 6,) onto the platen A, which is at this time in the position shown in Fig. 1, and then as the platen makes its movement the plate recedes and again advances and forces out another card by the time the platen gets back to the position shown in Fig. 1, and thus the operation goes on continuously, the cards being removed from the platen by any well-known automatic device. When the plate recedes, the cards move down by gravity, assisted by a weight, if desired, the distance of the thickness of the card forced out, so that another card is in position to be The front or lower IOO part of the box has an opening, as shown at S, Figs. 3 and 6, to allow the cards to be forced out by the plate.

The pitman Ois made in two parts suitably connected, so thatitslength can be changed to correspond with the adjustment of the frame B.

The arm N can be shifted on the shaft N as the boX H is moved laterally, as described.

I claim as my invention Y 1.. In a card-feeding attachment for printingpresses, the combination of the box, sliding plate, and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the plate, the box being made in sections connected by slotted strips and set-screws, and having an elongated slotted bottom to receive the plate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a card-feeding attachment for printing presses, the combination of the box, sliding plate, and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the plate, the box being secured to an adjustable bar, by which the inclination of the box can be changed, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cardfeeding attachment for printing presses, the combination of the box, sliding plate, and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the plate, the box being secured to a bar supported by the frame of the attachment, and having an arm with a setscrewworking in a slot in the frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a card-feeding attachment for printingpresses, the combination of the box, sliding plate, bell crank lever, eccentric, pitman, crank, shaft to which the crank is secured, arm secured to the shaft, and link connecting the arm to the plate, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cardfeeding attachment for printingpresses, the combination of the box, sliding plate, mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the plate, and the sectional adjustable frame for supporting the parts, all substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

SHERMAN A. SPENCER.

In presence of- GEo. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT. 

